Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 144
hem a boats planking is soon knocked to pieces bybeaching. Bilge keels increase the lateral resistance,and so to some extent lessen leeway; but unless they be 112 Boating so large as to be clumsy and to interfere considerablywith the boats speed, they are, so far as the authorsexperience goes,… … Fig. 40.—Yorkshire Coble. to recommend it to the novice, for it is a tricky andsomewhat difficult craft to handle) which, while ad-mirably adapted for beaching, yet sails very well in-deed to windward, even through a heavy sea, withoutthe aid of centre-board or lee-board. This is thecoble of…
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